Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-03

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7oeo haxxes and muzns. AZ Grsa4 Nalis
a. rnaa earnselr Win tie Momzzna !
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10 the arsat mlnIna ans eeMzing eoaa-
try 81 Monfam&. beeaA mAkima peHsl- !
BE ehs neftiemsnt and deEHiepmenz 81 !
4 vaef rnQfnn az prodaeGfTe lard. Ihs
road viii haps % 6epsnd for sonns tn1e
npan tks aIfpmeuls % cattle. aeaep end I
ore ffnGn Morfaua. FEum Devils Lake !
% Kosl Bnf0R6 ca de MlssonEi FigeT. : /
distance 81 so mffan. the cgunfKf Il
wsIl a6nDls1 % agriculture, espse14Ily
fbst portion lyfne beiwesn Mi1ot and
Devils Lake- II 3 bslieBnd l1St 1his
eDartfy vi equaI tte BED River Vaile7
u pIofuc,ivsnsss within 4 few yeass.
Rlrsady eeftlofs ere aodkfue 10, and
small farms havs been Starred 81 sls1a
tie rcad and aome eEop1 have besn rzlse4
ssis yfaF. The counlIy north q DefiPa
Lake
n AIazkD1 wnzE as9z1zD.
AZ Rueby Junoflon, A Pssrcs eounty.
Dakota. begins the Auteiope ysllsy. =
bssntifnI and feEsifs SPOT % eoau1FY,
axterafna aoulheae4eflT from HaQbT 10
Minussaken, on The western shore Of
Dsvilis Lake. From Ruaby 8 braEeh /
road 10 nov n operation % Boitineau.
forty miles dlataaf. e the foos
Of the noted Turtle uacuniaiD8, WhleA
opens 40 iris country 10 direct eomnu-
nleafirn with eaHtarn points. This b
ane aGfinultnfai aistFial with plenty 81
feel, water ard exceileut soil, which
ura2uoea al kinds Of vegetables, ena
giBss inEnense yields Of the hnest bard
wheat raised n the north west. 4nere
are aiFrady q number At ane farms In
this secti0n. IN the valley, e. the foot
Of the mountains, are 70 be found sorne
vnnx coon EHEpza GROUNDS,
which sre cut up by amall streams,
lined wifh heiss az timheF which afford /
good shelhss for etoek % winter time.
The Turtle nnountaina are not maun-
tnlns In the sense that eastern peopie J
understand them. The hlRhest d no1 /
over 800 fest abeve ihe level Of the saF-
rounding plains, and the mountains ere
simply q range Of hills about City miles
II extent east and wet and thirty north /
and south. Scattered among thess hills
are innumerable lakes Of clear water, /
stocked with Ash Of all kinds, and Ebloh /
make she finest shooting grounds fog
duoka and geese IN The Uniied States. /
The few hunters Who have been 0u1 !
there declare thai the famous Chs44s
peake bay d not 20 be compared with
this country Tor Wild fowl The Mouse
river rises 10 the Northwestern terri /
torys makes q dip Into the Unitsd /
states, flows e0utheas1erly for nearly |
200 miles, then making an abrupt turn,
flows noriheriy back into the British
possessions. ernplying into the Assini- /
botno. The railroad dresses The Mouee
river litne west Of kagby Junction. n
MoHenFy county.
zHK MOUSE RHvER VALLEY
Il already famous &c q grazing coantTy,
and there IA ample pasture for millions
Of cattle. Thousands Of head were
feeding IN the valley last season. Il IL
q fact that stock viii thrive and grow
fat In this country without having been
fed q pound Of grain. Contts Mafoxi-
banks. son Of Lord TwaodmouAh, Of
Scotland. has large ranch near Town
or with several hundKed head Of stock,
including eome thorOaRhbFads imported
directly from Scotland. Between Town
or aud the second crossing Of the Mouse
river, forty miles distant. tbs land Il not
adapted 70 grain growing, 90 u d ralsing
and sandy, and some Of the aand hills
OF dunes are forty o. ffty feet high.
Mlnot, whieh IL situated here, Il one
year old, bot u an incorporated CITY Of
over 1000 inhabitants, and is the base Il
supplies for the construction Of the road
west. This Il is the
gHxz0HT pTvuHoE HzAD0UknE rms
OF the Manitoha rad, and he CON pany
has bailt Topair shops and round houses
and other tefminal facilities. Ia this
county u found q vein Of Ignite coal,
from I've 70 nine fest thick, which m
deriies . considerable portion Of ths
ooaniTy aud viii furnish inexhausiible
supplies Of fuel for all time 20 oorne.
The coal sells for el5o per ton 81 the
nina. About seventy i've miles above
Minot II the great Montana Indian Fes-
ervati0n iust over The line and through
Whlch the road uas granted the right
OF way b. congress at she last session.
THIS ereat reservation Il over 600 miles
IN length, and is hald BY the Ores Ven
tres, Biaokfeet, Piegan and River Grow
tribes, Ia all about 5000. They are NJ
tariy worthless TRIBES OF rowing savages
Who are supported By the government.
A treaty has been made with The In
dams BY the Indian commission, which
u the uniied States senate rati1ea viii
bring a larRa para 81 This mEea Of oountry
under control a. she land department.,
and u will Be subsequently, sattled BIZ
white people. Frou FoFi Bsford o.
the reservation lhe road follows q bend
Of the Missouri river for 70 miles, until
Il reaches the Poplar river. near which
4 the Poplar River Indian aGeney,
WHARF there ls q school for the eduoa-
ton OF the cons aud daughters Of he
tudianA About go younR Indians a
tad th9 school every day. Thousands
Of cattle. eheep and ponies belonging 10
Tue Indians
nus wusD oyKn THs nEsEHvEFios.
A few miles iron Poplar river 4 sAe
great Indian cemeteFy, where the bones
Of many thousand Sioux lay bleaching
IN the sun. This bic csmetegy o. burial
place extends fos long distance on .
aliRhtlY elevated ridge Of land. formed.
We are told, By the aecamalation dusinR
the paat tWo o. thFeo hundred years,
from tie bones Of countless braves,
uhosa spirits are gone - Sue bappy
hunting grenada 1ha Indlana are aoa
barred. bat wFappea up n blankets.
biased On q scafald of sltekA about slx
feet high, where they remain undia-
turbed. On every hand can be sen
hundfeds % bleaehing skeletons and
Rrinnina akEllA Fifty miles diatant he
road enters The valley az the MIA river,
fertile sp1f Of eoanfEy from % 20 /
milea bread. and uxlandlnR freEn he
Rccky mountains % tie fniuncsiQn ~ /
the Mia river ana Missouri. The Fnaa 1
runs 40 thia valley fer $50 miles Whan /
feFa AEsinihoine "a reached. Leavtaa 4
The Fort The road runs gradually souaA- /
east 10 foFt Bmton. 70 miles distant.
THE HAD % RAvraATtoE
OF the MissoaFi river. Hare is sowa
% Noo inhabitants. and che Rooky /
mountains are visible from this point. |
Fort Benaon Was established abauf 4
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